08-Feb-10 - Musical Update & Strykewyrms

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8-Feb-2010 - Strykewyrms

 

The humungous and deathly strykewyrms are happy to harmlessly tunnel about RuneScape, but they have trained senses that can smell a slayer from a mile off. Those who are assigned a strykewyrm task will find that they lure strykewyrms from the ground, but they may wish they hadnt; once roused, a strykewyrm will do their very best to take them down!

 

Three breeds of strykewyrm are known to the Slayer masters of Runescape: jungle strykewyrms (level 73 Slayer) can be found near the coast north-west of Ooglog; desert strykewyrms (level 77 Slayer) stir the sand east of Al Kharid (over the stile by the palace); and ice strykewyrms (level 93 Slayer) churn up the ice in a cave near to where you find the Muspah (but only after youve completed the Tale of the Muspah). Ice strykewyrm assignments are unique to Kuradal. You will need a TzHaar fire cape to be assigned them and to inflict any damage.

 

As with other Slayer creatures, each strykewyrm has a rare drop, which should prove to be very useful for slayers, mages and rangers. The jungle and desert strykewyrms, respectively, drop the hexcrest and the focus sight, which give combat and Slayer bonuses for Magic and Ranged (much like the black mask already does for melee). Indeed, anyone with a slayer helmet, focus sight and hexcrest can combine them all into a full slayer helmet, which incorporates all of these items bonuses into one slayertastic piece of headgear.

 

The ice strykewyrms unique drop, the staff of light, can be used as a slayer staff, has stats roughly equivalent to a dragon weapon, causes +15% Magic damage, has a special attack that reduces any melee damage that is received by 50% for one minute AND has a 1/8 chance of not using up runes each time a damage-dealing spell is cast with it!

 

The rune-saving effect can be combined with a full set of combat robes (improving the chance to 1/5) or battle robes (for an impressive 1/2 chance of saving runes). Also, any time the staff does not save your runes, the robes themselves will still have their usual chance of saving you any mind, chaos, death or blood runes used by the combat spell you are casting. These robe sets can both be earned as rewards from the Fist of Guthix minigame.

 

From beneath it devours Happy slaying everyone!

 

Mod Chris L

RuneScape Content Developer

 

 

In other news...

 

After listening to your feedback, the F2 key will now toggle the chat window when you're holding the orb of oculus, otherwise known as the machinima camera. This should help you direct your actors on camera!

 

08-Feb-2010 - Music Playlist

 

For those who like to listen to RuneScapes music while playing the game, you can now set up a custom playlist of up to twelve of your favourite tracks. When the playlist option is turned on, the game will play the tracks from your playlist; turned off, music will randomise as before, but your playlist will be saved between sessions.

 

Adding to and removing songs from your playlist requires just one click, and you can reorder them by dragging them up and down the list. Weve also taken the time to make shuffle and clear playlist buttons. As with randomised music, the only time your playlist is interrupted is when a new song is unlocked or a jingle (such as for gaining a level) is played.

 

We hope you enjoy this new feature and we welcome your feedback.

 

Mod Bond and the Audio Team

 

 

Today we have launched an update to the Standard Detail graphics mode for players with the Windows operating system (Windows 2000 onwards) and with Sun Java 1.4.2 or higher. The new Standard Detail mode is faster than the previous version. It also has options to turn on textures, shadows and lighting, which can make it look very close to the quality of High Detail mode.

 

For players who do not have Windows, or who wish to carry on using the old Standard Detail mode, there is a new Safe Mode graphics detail option.

 

Mod Nick

Head of Core Technologies

[britonlongbow]

Where is that smelly ?

 

I really hope that isn't the main update as I never listen to rs music

EDIT: New slayer monster @@@

[Askthedude]

<_<

Stop being so quick Smelly...

[Guthorm]

Level 93 slayer required...

 

PANIC PEOPLE! IS THE END OF WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

 

The ice strykewyrms’ unique drop, the staff of light, can be used as a slayer staff, has stats roughly equivalent to a dragon weapon, causes +15% Magic damage, has a special attack that reduces any melee damage that is received by 50% for one minute AND has a 1/8 chance of not using up runes each time a damage-dealing spell is cast with it!

 

 

Oh My God

 

As with other Slayer creatures, each strykewyrm has a rare drop, which should prove to be very useful for slayers, mages and rangers. The jungle and desert strykewyrms, respectively, drop the hexcrest and the focus sight, which give combat and Slayer bonuses for Magic and Ranged (much like the black mask already does for melee). Indeed, anyone with a slayer helmet, focus sight and hexcrest can combine them all into a full slayer helmet, which incorporates all of these items’ bonuses into one slayertastic piece of headgear.

 

Oh My God

 

for an impressive 1/2 chance of saving runes

50% rune usage, Oh sh-

[DarkDude]

Slayer monster that requires a fire cape? o.O

[Zaaps1]

Slayer ftw! Awesome update to slayer imo.

[Ezkaton]

Absolutely beautiful update..... now all you magers, rangers and high level slayers can stop whinging and let us other players get on in peace. You've had your attention.

[Mil]

Another bunch of updates, awesome.

[Saru Inc]

DAMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNN. I guess Jagex HAS been listening to us, we finally got a mage\range Slay helm! Woooooot.

[britonlongbow]

Well this is the first hint from the last CE letter and the staff looks really interesting.

[Racheya]

Oh Lawdy. I need that staff of light. *drools*

[Ole]

Excellent update! Just excellent!

[Melencholy]

The staff of light better not get nerfed.... -.-

 

 

Awesome update though, finaly a mage/ranger black mask! And a staff with a GOOD magic spec and rune saving ability.

[chuckangie]

Abyssal Whip, Dark Bow and finally Staff of Light. And mages and rangers also got black mask style slayer support.

 

That staff has +15% magic damage. I wonder if that'll get higher in future added mage weapons. Also, another damage mitigating item. It counters KO!

[Poppet]

AWESOME!

[LatinII]

I need that staff!

[D Jay99]

Staff looks like what the trident from barb assault should have been, 15% more damage is better than other staffs but not spectacular, 1/8 runes saved is kinda nice though. I doubt it will be worth that much but still nice. - Or when you think about it, 1/2 damage for a minute is pretty good in pvp so might actually become expensive. Melee'ers will probably tele or something when they see the staff though.

 

Range/mage slayer mask thing is awesome though, about time they released that.

[Guthorm]

The staff's 50% melee damage reduction + the 40% from prayer pretty much cancel out melee damage for one minute. New tanking staff everyone?

[Ezkaton]

Staff of light is 10m in GE...... I guess we should all buy 1 and ride out the hype :D

[Melencholy]

Staff looks like what the trident from barb assault should have been, 15% more damage is better than other staffs but not spectacular, 1/8 runes saved is kinda nice though. I doubt it will be worth that much but still nice.

Range/mage slayer mask thing is awesome though, about time they released that.

 

 

1/8th is alright but it can be combined with battle robes for 1/2 runes used with combat spells which is just plain awesome. And yes I agree its what the trident should have been.

[Serpent Eye]

10M for the Staff of Light, hehehe.

[DarkDude]

Just got the desert ones, had to cancel like 10 tasks :P

[Obtaurian]

NJEKAVESERBGIRIDSKYEGSYUDGDR

 

OH

 

MY

 

GOD

 

I'm freaking out. I can't believe how amazing this update is. WOW.

[Ezkaton]

People around GE in world 99 are already advertising bying the staves for 15m...... this is gona get messy.

[DarkDude]

Desert Ones

 

Super Defence (2)

Coins (200)

Rune Hatchet

uncut sapphire + herb

120 pure essence

Water Rune (100)

Poison Ivy Seed

Crimson Charm (1)

Potato Cactus (10)

 

Drops so far

 

Occasionally dig underground and you have to run away otherwise they damage you for 30